Mary Bronstein turns everyday anxiety into pure horror. Rose Byrne gives a stunning performance as a mother overwhelmed by her daughter’s illness, a collapsing home, and her own unraveling mind in this claustrophobic, darkly comic descent into maternal despair.
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‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Review: Rose Byrne in a Relentless Descent Into Maternal Panic
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‘Crazy Old Lady’ Review: The Gothic Fury of Carmen Maura
When a worried daughter asks her ex to check on her unstable mother for one night, what begins as an awkward favor turns into a nightmare. In an old, decaying mansion, buried traumas resurface and reality dissolves into madness.
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‘Dreams’ Review: Jessica Chastain Shines in Michel Franco’s Bleak Vision of Love and Power
In Franco’s latest drama, an affair between a wealthy American woman and a young Mexican immigrant exposes the contradictions of liberal compassion and the brutal dynamics of privilege. Starring Jessica Chastain and Isaac Hernández.
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‘Köln 75’ Review: A Legendary Jazz Concert Turned into a Mildly Charming Movie
In 1975 Cologne, an 18-year-old music promoter takes a bold gamble by organizing a concert for jazz legend Keith Jarrett. What follows is a light, charming retelling of the behind-the-scenes chaos surrounding one of the most iconic performances in jazz history.
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‘& Sons’ Review: In the Name of the Father
In his English-language debut, Argentine director Pablo Trapero adapts David Gilbert’s novel into an intense family drama. Bill Nighy plays a reclusive writer who summons his estranged sons to his country estate, forcing long-buried wounds and secrets to the surface as reality begins to blur.
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‘Love+War’ Review: The Price of Witnessing the World’s Conflicts (Disney+)
This documentary about the photographer Lynsey Addario alternates between her gripping coverage of global conflicts and her family life—raising questions about gender, sacrifice, and what it means to bear witness to history.
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‘The Wave’ Review: Sebastián Lelio’s Feminist Musical Struggles to Find Its Rhythm (Netflix)
The «A Fantastic Woman» director turns Chile’s 2018 feminist uprising into a musical—a daring, well-intentioned experiment that struggles to find harmony between message and art. Streaming on Netflix from November 14.
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‘Winter in Sokcho’ Review: A Subtle Tale of Solitude and Fleeting Connection (MUBI)
In a deserted seaside town in northern South Korea, a young woman working at a small guesthouse becomes fascinated by a French artist staying there. Their brief, fragile connection unfolds amid cold landscapes and unspoken emotions, in this delicate adaptation of Elisa Shua Dusapin’s acclaimed novel.
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‘Belén’ Review: When the System Becomes the Punishment (Prime Video)
A woman who suffers a miscarriage in a hospital is arrested for murder and sent to prison in this Argentine film focused on the efforts to free her. Starring Dolores Fonzi, Camila Plaate, Laura Paredes, and Julieta Cardinali.
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“Avatar: Fire and Water: Making of the Avatar Films” Review: James Cameron’s Ocean of Ambition (Disney+)
This documentary series dives into the demanding underwater shoot of ‘The Way of Water’ and offers a glimpse of James Cameron’s next chapter. Blending cast interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, it reveals both the ambition and the limits of a saga where technology often takes center stage.



